Why 'Born Alive' Babies Are Worth Given Lifesaving Medical Care

For most women, there is no equal amount of joy with the birth of a child. However, some women may not feel the same way, and would end choosing the other option: abortion.

In that sense, would it still be a deciding factor for the abortionist to offer lifesaving medical care to the mother for its baby? Or when abortion consent has been given by the mother, is there still a way around it when the baby turned out to be alive instead?

So far, there has been no concrete federal law that would ensure aborted babies (when witnessed alive at the time of abortion) be given the appropriate lifesaving medical care, according to a Life News post. When former President George W. Bush signed the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act(H.R.2175) into law in 2002, abortionists still don't see these babies born alive post-abortion as living beings.

These premature babies born alive spontaneously end up not getting enough lifesaving medical care, in contrast to what H.R.3504 (or Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act) now advocates for these babies. The H.R.3504 bill, which has yet to become a law, was passed without amendment as of September 8 last year.

The new bill specifically defined a fetus as being "born alive" who breathes or show signs of life (such as a beating heart) after complete expulsion or extraction from the mother, regardless its development stage or if the umbilical cord was cut. The bill also allows the abortive woman or one who undergoes the procedure to file suit for the person (abortionist or abortion facility worker) who violates the act.

Pro-life leader Jill Stanek and Senator Ben Sasse revived public attention towards the Act when they shared a piece called "Abortion Survivors Deserve Our Care", which was one of the major trending topics on Facebook recently, according to Live Action News. The article described and offered insight into the grim realities that convicted Philadelphia abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who had aborted 3 babies even as late as gestation and ended out as born alive (without any thought to giving lifesaving medical care) before he killed them.

Sasse and Stanek also cited in their article of a number of 911 recordings which revealed an abortion worker calling for medical help for a premature baby born alive post-abortion. Since the abortion center wasn't able to provide lifesaving medical care for the baby, he/she wasn't able to make it after being rushed to the nearest hospital. The pro-life leaders are calling for action with which they hoped better protection could be offered as "No child should end her life cold and alone, struggling for her last breath inside an abortion clinic".